“Let’s Go Behead Someone”

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At last we have some evidence of the mounts in Age of Conan, and they look pretty good. Using eyes, watch:

Parts 2 and 3 below.

We’d ride wild horses to thank you, Gametrailers

It’ll be interesting to see how this works in situ. I can imagine complicated scenarios where Mr Horse Rider comes swooping into a low level area and obliterates everyone. I wonder how this will be prevented. Still, they look a damn site more involved and relevant than other MMO’s mounts at this point.

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I had zero interest in this MMO when it was first announced, but it’s successfully become one of the most promising. Not sure yet how this will all translate into something different, but at least it looks good. Great animation on the horse – much better than WoW.

@Therlun: Well, it’s not a terribly unique idea. It’s part of the Total War combat system, and I know the idea was at least considered for Roma Victor. The problem has been collision detection in online games, and demand for such a system in single player games. On the whole, games with any sort of mounted combat are rare, as most “medieval” games are nothing more than dungeon crawlers. In that respect you’re spot on.

This is definitely going to be interesting. An MMORPG with mortal-kombat style violence? The possibilities for entertainment are endless. (Maybe not endless, but it would be a while before I stopped laughing at guys who died from a horse-kick to the chest.)